Ashok Sankar, director of marketing and strategy for public sector and education at Splunk, has said that Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-authorized cloud tools are vital to helping agencies accelerate modernization, FedScoop reported Thursday.
Read More »LMI-TCS Team Conducts Climate Risk Assessment of F-35 Support Facilities
LMI and The Climate Service predict that the U.S. military's current F-35 support infrastructure could experience significant disruption from extreme temperature, storm damage and coastal flooding events over the next three decades.
Read More »GSA, DISA Reworking $7.6B DEOS Contract
As reported by Washington Technology, the Defense Information Systems Agency and the General Services Administration have taken another corrective action to redo the $7.6 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract.
Read More »GAO Decision Sustains Leidos’ Incumbency on DoDIN Support Contract; Gerry Fasano Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 23, 2020 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will continue to manage the Department of Defense's global information network after the Government Accountability Office rejected a protest of the Defense Information Systems Agency's $6.52B contract award to the company in December, GovCon Wire reported April 6.
Read More »Microsoft Wins $10B DoD JEDI Cloud Contract; Dana Deasy Quoted
The Department of Defense has selected Microsoft for the potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract.
Read More »DISA Includes Solers in $7.5B Systems Engineering Support IDIQ
Solers has won a spot on the unrestricted track of the Defense Information Systems Agency's potential 10-year, $7.5B multiple-award contract for systems engineering, innovation and technology services. The Department of Defense said Wednesday DISA initially announced in January the awardees for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract's unrestricted pool, in which 14 companies secured positions.
VA Seeks Contractor for Veteran Health Info Access Services
The Department of Veterans Affairs has issued a request for information on a contractor that can help National Data Systems manage access to veterans’ health information. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday states that VA is seeking a contractor that will support NDS in distributing health data from the Veterans Health …
Read More »Raytheon’s Todd Probert: US Military Works With Industry to Protect Systems From Cyber Threats
Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon, has said the U.S. military has been collaborating with industry to safeguard its systems from cyber threats and understand the risks posed by vulnerabilities, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The military and Congress “must also increase funding specifically for cyber vulnerability …
Read More »GAO Vet David Powner to Join Mitre in August
David Powner, director of information technology management issues at the Government Accountability Office, will formally join Mitre in late August as director of strategic engagement and partnerships. Mitre said Thursday Powner will aim to expand the nonprofit research corporation’s relations with government, industry and academia in his new position. He has 25 years of …
Read More »ACT-IAC Forms Working Group to Support Government, Industry Transition to EIS Contract
The American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council has formed a working group to help federal agencies and contractors transition to the General Services Administration‘s new governmentwide acquisition vehicle for telecommunications services. GSA awarded the potential 15-year, $50 billion Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract in August of last year as a replacement to Networx and at …
Read More »NASA to Discuss Crewed Flight Contingency Option With Boeing, SpaceX
Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator of human exploration and operations at NASA, has said the agency is considering crew rotation missions as one option to address a schedule gap that may arise if Commercial Crew Program contractors experience spacecraft certification delays, SpaceNews reported Friday. He told SpaceNews in an interview that NASA …
Read More »GAO Issues RFI on Potential IT Modernization Support Sources
The Government Accountability Office has asked information on potential vendors that can offer information technology, software development and related support to GAO’s information systems and technology services office as part of the IT Transformation, Modernization and Operational Support Services program. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says GAO intends to solicit industry …
Read More »PSC States Position on Fiscal 2018 NDAA Provisions; David Berteau Comments
The Professional Services Council has asked leaders of House and Senate Armed Services Committees to consider PSC’s position on some provisions in both chambers’ fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act as conference members begin to reconcile the two versions of the bill. PSC detailed its recommendations through an Oct. 19 letter sent …
Read More »Equifax Lands IRS ID Verification Support Contract
The Internal Revenue Service has awarded consumer credit reporting agency Equifax a $7.2 million contract for taxpayer identity management and verification support services. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the agency awarded the sole-source contract in order to “cover the timeframe needed to resolve the protest” on a new contract. …
Read More »Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: FITARA Can Help Agency CIOs Transform Federal IT Programs
Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act expands the role government chief information officers will play in how agencies procure and implement IT systems. “FITARA highlights the fact that CIOs must have a holistic view of their agency, from IT budget …
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